Chapter Two: Big News Times Two
The night rolled passed and all five were sound asleep. Wanda and Tootie found themselves haunted by nightmares of a sort they could not describe, Cosmo's dreams were sheer nonsense (per the norm), Poof's were pleasant but were of little consequence, and Timmy, Timmy had no dreams. The alarms were not set to take them in the morning but the clocks still ticked. And at 8 AM on the dot, the fairies poofed into the humans' rooms and yelled "GOOD MORNING!" at the top of their lungs (at least Cosmo and Poof did).
Tootie and Timmy immediately jumped and fell on the floor. "Ow!" Timmy said, clutching his head, "What on Earth happened?"
"Oh Timmy that's just a hangover," Cosmo said, "It's part of being an adult."
Timmy staggered to the bathroom where he poured himself a glass of water. "So what do you want for breakfast?" Cosmo asked.
"Waffles, waffles, waffles!" Poof exclaimed happily.
Tootie smiled and made the wish, for one of the 'new rules' was that she was not allowed to make a wish for her own desires but only wishes for the sake of others, by granting Poof's request for waffles for all of them, a loophole was initiated. Cosmo held out his wand and poofed a raincloud of wiffle balls. The balls bounced around the hotel room and hit the hungover Timmy.
"He said 'waffles' not 'wiffles' you idiot!" Wanda shrieked, holding up her own wand and turning all the wiffle balls into waffles which then assembled themselves into five neat piles before being drenched by a pitcher of syrup that hovered above them. Wanda grumbled and sat down with her plate of waffles. She looked around nervously at her family, seeming to be afraid of them.
"Wanda, you always know how to make the best wiffle-waffles," Tootie said, trying to lift her spirits.
"Awe thanks sweetie," Wanda said.
Tootie herself was feeling nervous too and she seemed to pick up on Wanda's own nervousness but whether or not she actually consciously picked up on this nervousness was uncertain. Tootie herself had actually been awake for a few hours before the fairies 'woke' her, but said nothing. She had reached a conclusion in her thoughts that morning that perhaps it was best simply to be forthright, rather than to hide the truth. "You guys," she said, looking around the room. Cosmo, Poof, and Timmy continued to eat obnoxiously loud. "You guys!" She shouted.
Everyone stopped eating and gave her their attention. "I have an announcement," she said.
"Are you going on a diet?" Cosmo said, "Because you are getting fffffffaaaaaaaaattttt!"
Timmy looked at Cosmo, "What?" Cosmo asked, "Its true!"
Timmy Gibbs-smacked the back of Cosmo's head and gestured for Tootie to continue as he rubbed his temple (for his own head still hurt). "You guys," Tootie said (then pausing briefly), "I…I'm pregnant!"
Looks of astonishment and 'whaat?' flooded the room as Tootie smiled, for she was as happy about the news as she was nervous about the news. Timmy, in spite of the pain of his head, was exceedingly happy and the news brought nearly brought him to tears, but he kept himself tearless. The news melted Wanda's nervousness and she and Cosmo dashed forth to hug Tootie in celebration of the news.
Wanda was the first to let go and she dusted herself off. She looked around tried to open her mouth but initially could not speak. Tootie looked at her and Wanda felt strong enough to speak. "You guys?" She said, "I have some news too."
"Are you also going on a diet?" Cosmo asked, "Because you are getting ffffffaaaattt!"
This time Poof was the one to Gibbs-smack Cosmo and everyone gave Wanda their undivided attention. "I'm pregnant too," Wanda said softly.
At this news, Timmy began to cry which caused Poof to cry (Poof always trying to 'act as tough as Timmy') and everyone in the room began to hug each other. While group hugs were had, Wanda found herself unconsciously dodging hugs from Timmy. Alas, a great time was had by all as they celebrated the good news.
Suddenly the sky turned to rain and thunder was heard as Jorgen Von Strangle poofed into the room. "Congratulations!" he exclaimed, himself crying over the news.
"That can't possibly be the only reason you came," Timmy smirked.
"I can't come down to celebrate good news with my best friends?" Jorgen asked, "Alas you are right."
Jorgen put on his reading glasses, "How is it that we at the Fairy Council did not pick up on this pregnancy earlier?" he asked, "The one baby, who you call 'Poof', gave off enough energy but to have another should be noticeable! What magic have you been using?"
"None!" Timmy said, "This one must have happened naturally!"
"Naturally indeed!" Jorgen said, "Fairies have no sense of 'natural'!"
"Puh-leaze Jorgen!" Cosmo wailed gripping Jorgen's ankle, "Don't take this baby!"
"You two have done a good job corralling young Poof's magic," Jorgen said (brushing Cosmo off), "So you can raise this baby, you have the council's consent! But I will be taking young Poof as my apprentice!"
Jorgen grabbed Poof by his purple/black faux-hawk, "WAIT!" Cosmo and Wanda shouted.
In the turn of events and his headache, Timmy had somewhat zoned out when Jorgen arrived but he heard the news of his intent to take Poof. This remark, which he perceived as a threat to his family, snapped him into instinctual action! Mere seconds before Jorgen poofed away with Poof, Timmy grabbed Jorgen's ankle. As Jorgen poofed away with Poof, Timmy went with them!
A collective 'ACK!' escaped the lips of Cosmo, Wanda, and Tootie. They looked at each other for a long while before finally Cosmo spoke, taking another crack at the size of Tootie and Wanda's torsos, resulting in both of them slapping him. Wanda and Tootie decided that the best course of action, since they could not locate Timmy, Poof, or Jorgen anywhere having searched from Ustinkistan to Yugopotamia was to return to Dimmesdale. There, they got a house of their own (in secret) where they could provide for their children.
On a warm June day, both Wanda and Tootie found themselves in labor. They shared a hospital room, giving each other encouragement (and because Cosmo couldn't bear to watch). Wanda gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, as did Tootie, and then, to their surprise again, Wanda gave birth to a second daughter, twins.
Shortly after, perhaps under the influence of birthing drugs, Tootie announced her desire to return to school. She lamented that her family would not approve of her having a child out of wedlock, nor did she wish to subject her daughter to the same stigma. She asked Wanda to raise her child with her own daughters.
Wanda, also feeling loopy from birthing drugs, agreed. They then decided to raise the girls as humans that if Timmy and Poof were to return, it would be easier for them to be located. As the drugs wore off, Wanda produced a memory-eraser similar to the ones used by Jorgen but used to eliminate more specific memories.
With this device, Wanda rewrote the official birth certificates to indicate that all of the girls were hers' not Tootie's. Furthermore, the memory-eraser removed all memories of specific parenthood, allowing Wanda and Cosmo to treat all three girls like their own, without any fear of subjectivity or discrimination.
That day, Wanda and Cosmo, now living full time as humans, with Tootie settled down in Dimmesdale with their three daughters: Azura, Azrael, and Ashley.